The Gum Disease Connection

Posted by Emery Chernan on Fri, 16 Dec 2011

Our mouth is literally a breeding ground for beneficial and harmful microbial bacteria. Our saliva contains countless bacterium and produces enzymes which breaks down the food and prepares it for dige...

Personalized Nutrition: The New Wave of Nutrigenomics

Posted by smsdutt on Sun, 30 Jun 2013

Serenely full, the epicure would say,Fate cannot harm me, I have dined today.- Sydney Smith, quoted in Lady Holland’s Memoir We imagine ourselves to be slaves of our senses ie, taste, smell or sight. ...

Obesity in Men and Testosterone: What’s the Connection?!

Posted by The Fitness Doc on Tue, 19 Apr 2016

October 16, 2015 by The Fitness Doc | Edit The worldwide prevalence of obesity has reached epic proportions. So much so, that calling obesity a pandemic wouldn’t amount to exaggeration! In addition to...

Plant extracts found to be effective against atherosclerosis

Posted by hareepriyaw on Wed, 17 Jan 2018

Atherosclerosis is the common cardiac disease engaging heart and brain. This condition progresses slowly from childhood and gets manifested completely into adulthood. It is observed that there are cer...

Stem cells and their future

Posted by priyankasamji on Fri, 12 May 2017

The undifferentiated cells in multicellular organisms which have the potential to differentiate into specialized cells and can divide to form more are called stem cells. The main characteristic featur...